064 When Your Body Finally Feels Safe: Trauma, Chronic Illness, and Healing with Leanna Wydick
What happens when the body you live in becomes a daily reminder of trauma? In this episode of the Invisible Illness Club, April Aramanda talks with Leanna Wydick about surviving domestic violence, sus...
21 Jul 49min
063 The Faith Questions We Whisper: Trusting God Through Chronic Illness and Doubt
What happens when you know all the right answers about God, yet your heart still whispers, “Are You still there?” Chronic illness has a way of making our world feel very small. Symptoms get louder. Ap...
14 Jul 6min
062 The Laundry Can Wait: Learning to Leave Things Undone
Lately, I’ve been spending more time sitting in the pool with my husband while the laundry waits inside. The dishes still need to be done. The emails are still there. The to-do list hasn’t magically d...
7 Jul 3min
061 Disability Is Not a Bad Word: Jenna D’Angelo Shiner on Accessibility, Faith, and Living with Chronic Illness
What does it look like to navigate life when the world isn’t always built with disability in mind? In this episode, I’m joined by Jenna D’Angelo Shiner, who shares her journey from being able-bodied t...
30 Jun 57min
060 Faith in Different Seasons: Remembering That God Is Bigger Than Chronic Illness
Faith can look different in different seasons. Not because God changes, but because our view of Him often changes with what we’re walking through. In this episode, April shares how chronic illness can...
23 Jun 5min
059 Faith, Chronic Illness, and the Pressure to Pretend You’re Okay | with Kaylen Soriano
What happens when chronic illness changes your identity, your relationships, and even the way you show up at church? In this conversation, April sits down with Kaylen Soriano of Chronic Yet Undefeate...
16 Jun 43min
058 The Invisible Full-Time Job of Chronic Illness
There’s a kind of exhaustion that comes from living inside constant management mode. Not only physical exhaustion. Mental exhaustion too. In this episode, I’m talking honestly about the invisible work...
9 Jun 5min
057 Why Rest Feels Unsafe with Chronic Illness | Rest Guilt, Anxiety & Faith
Rest sounds peaceful in theory. In real life with chronic illness, it can feel anxious, guilty, frustrating, and emotionally unsafe. In this episode, April Aramanda talks honestly about the pressure t...
2 Jun 6min
